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    1 day ago

    Sad. Regardless of what side you’re on, Ukraine is sovereign. They gave up their nuclear missiles on exchange for sovereignty and protection from both Russia and the USA. It was Ukraine’s sovereign right to join NATO even though I hate NATO. This IS a war crime.

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      15 hours ago

      Sad? The residents of Pokrovsk/Krasnoarmeysk themselves likely disagree with you as they were abused by Ukraine.

      Ukrainian troops opened fire into a crowd of civilians in Pokrovsk/Krasnoarmeysk back in 2014 for example: View 1 View 2 View 3

      Even the Ukrainians themselves admit that the residents there don’t like them: Link

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        14 hours ago

        I didn’t say I support Ulraine as a country. I just said Putin is a piece of shit and a war criminal. What both sides are getting away with doing to the Ukrainian people is appalling. I’m aware of the fighting tactics being forced on them.

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      This IS a war crime.

      no it isn’t.
      regular combatants fighting regular combatants using conventional weapons is not a war crime by any definition

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        Breaking an international agreement and violating another nations sovereignty?

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            24 hours ago

            I tried my best to find an old article from a year or so ago. Russia struck a residential building with a hypersonic missile. There’s been a lot of striking residential areas. If you think Palestine is an atrocity but Ukrainians dying is okay, I can’t taken you seriously.

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              23 hours ago

              you stated that the subject of the article is a war crime (it isn’t), then that the invasion itself is a war crime (it isn’t)
              now you move the goalposts again to cover for the fact that you don’t know what a war crime is

              that you believe that a deliberate genocide upon a native population by settlers is comparable to a regular war between sovereign nations is frankly disgusting

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                  Sorry you got censored. These people don’t like ideas that challenge their narrative.

                  It shows how weak their arguments really are when they need to silence anyone who disagrees with them.